By Craig Barth, 08/01/1998
Identification of some potentially nasty hardware troubles in the road to NT 5.0.
By Mark Minasi, 08/01/1998
A statement of Y2K compliance doesn't guarantee that a firm won't have problems.
By Michael P. Deignan, 08/01/1998
Taking a course through a training center isn't the only way to study for the MSCE exams. This month the Lab begins a series of reviews of computer-based training self-study ...
By Tao Zhou, 08/01/1998
NT 5.0 includes IPSec, the IPv6 security protocol that lets you secure your NT network and keep your existing applications and network hardware. Here's how IPSec works and how to ...
By John Enck, 08/01/1998
The Lab Guys provide the scoop on thin client computing.
By John Savill, 08/01/1998
Learn how to manipulate the way NT handles file systems, and improve your file system performance.
By Mark Smith, 08/01/1998
The recent growth in the thin-client market presents a bigger question: Are there enough landfills to hold all the throw-away PCs?
By Mark T. Edmead, 08/01/1998
This reference book, which focuses on NT tools, lacks fundamental information about systems administration.
By Mark Minasi, 08/01/1998
This handy tool lets you remove specific records from your WINS database and output WINS records to an ASCII file.
By Michael P. Deignan, 08/01/1998
Georgia SoftWorks' Telnet Server let you log on to a remote server and run a systems administration from the privacy of your cubicle.
By Michael P. Deignan, 08/01/1998
ServerProtect, from Trend Micro, is a comprehensive virus detection and eradication tool for NT systems that uses a domain concept to manage servers.
By Charles Kerekes, 08/01/1998
You can customize the command prompt and use several function keys to make administering NT easier.
By Brian Gallagher, 08/01/1998
As workstations go, the Scream'n Demon 600MHz Powerhouse is enormous, and the fastest Alpha NT workstation tested.
By Ken Spencer, 08/01/1998
IIS 4.0's numerous setup options can be overwhelming, but knowing which components to install and taking advantage of the software's many features is half the battle.
By Brad Cooper, 08/01/1998
Implementing data mirroring with failover might be a better high-availability solution for your enterprise than clustering. Here's how to tell whether data mirroring with ...
By Bob Wells, 08/01/1998
You can write a simple script to automate the tedious task of managing passwords.
By Michael D. Reilly, 08/01/1998
Assigning permissions on a network can be complicated unless you use a group strategy. Learn how to use global and local groups to make managing users easier.
By Craig Barth, 08/01/1998
Take a peek at NT's horizon, and you'll see powerful new CPUs, high-bandwidth I/O, new technology standards, and a friendlier vendor community are in NT's future.
By Readers, 08/01/1998
Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).
By Jordan Ayala, 08/01/1998
Use these guidelines to determine what hardware purchases or upgrades NT 5.0 will require of your system.
By Michael P. Deignan, 08/01/1998
Security Explorer, from Small Wonders of Orlando, is a utility that lets you view and change the security permissions on files in your Windows NT environment.
By Brian Gallagher, 08/01/1998
Applied Voice Technology's CallXpress turns a telephone or multimedia computer into one interface from which you can send and receive digital, fax, and audio communications.
By Mark Russinovich, 08/01/1998
Learn how NT implements hardware-supported virtual memory to allocate addresses and uses memory sharing and copy-on-write to manage memory.
By Craig Barth, 08/01/1998
This department focuses on what's new in operating systems, hardware, software, support, scalability, the enterprise and Windows NT's take on the trends in the marketplace.
By Nik Simpson, 08/01/1998
Business server development will skyrocket in late 1998 with advances in the Intel server platform and the release of Windows NT 5.0. Learn about the changes in this guide to the ...
By Mark Joseph Edwards, 08/01/1998
Kane Security Analyst (KSA), from Intrusiton Detection, is a system security analyzer and assessment tool. KSA uses built-in security intelligence to examine system configurations ...
By Michael P. Deignan, 08/01/1998
Tivoli Systems' Tivoli Maestro is a network-based job managememt software that supports Windows NT and several UNIX systems.
By Tom Greer, 08/01/1998
Paul Messink, director fo intranet develompent at Domino's Pizza, gives his thoughts on the company's implementation of Lotus Development's Lotus Domino.
By Brian Gallagher, 08/01/1998
HP's Kayak XW workstation just got faster.
By Alistair G. Lowe-Norris, 08/01/1998
Answers to five of the most frequently asked questions about quotas.
By Michael P. Deignan, 08/01/1998
CrossTec's NetOp 5.4 for Windows is a remote control utility that lets you control hosts using IPX, TCP/IP, NetGIOS, direct cable connections, and serial modem links.
By Douglas Toombs, 08/01/1998
Methods for filtering out unsolicited commercial email (UCE).
By Michael P. Deignan, 08/01/1998
Add a second processor to a system you already have or build a system from scratch. Either way, you'll probably save substantially over buying a new server.
By Dominique Brezinksi, 08/01/1998
NT 4.0 has many vulnerabilities. Learn how to protect your NT network.
By Karen Watterson, 08/01/1998
Find out about SQLMail, realtime data extraction, Web-content management, SQL Server running time, hash buckets, lock-esclation problems, and an anomaly with the REVOKE command.
By Bob Chronister, 08/01/1998
Learn how to use the NewSID utility to change SIDs on your NT network, use command-line parameters with MSMQ, and install NT to a different drive during an unattended installation.
By Tao Zhou, 08/01/1998
Microsoft supports five security algorithms in NT 5.0 IPSec. These algorithms are HMAC MD5 and HMAC SHA for authentication, and DES, DES-CBC, and 3DES for encryption.
By Craig Barth, 08/01/1998
Popular misconceptions about NT on a client system.
By Kathy Ivens, 08/01/1998
Solve this month's Windows NT problem and get the change to win $100 or a copy of one of the author's books about NT. Prior month's winner is announced at bottom of page.
By Jonathan Cragle, 08/01/1998
Tripp Lite's Smart 2200 RM and its PowerAlert Plus software protect your network against surges, brownouts, and spikes.
By Alistair G. Lowe-Norris, 08/01/1998
For the first time, Microsoft will ship Windows NT 5.0 with quota management system. Learn how this new system monitors and limits disk-space usage.
By Jordan Ayala, 08/01/1998
Systems manufacturers have developed custom bundles to address specific segments of the server market: small office, department, or enterprise.
By Brian Gallagher, 08/01/1998
StereoGraphics' CrystalEyes stereo eyewear gives 3-D vision.
By Michael P. Deignan, 08/01/1998
Teubner & Associates' FAXGATE lets several clients on different platforms send faxes on an NT-based server.
By Mark Minasi, 08/01/1998
Unattended NT 4.0 installations on new machines can be problematic, but these simple tricks make them easy.
By Curt Aubley, 08/01/1998
Know how to troubleshoot bottlenecks in your disk subsystem, and you can properly size a RAID array to give you breathing room for future workloads.
By Michael P. Deignan, 08/01/1998
RAScom's RAServer 2500 is an open-architecture, fully scalable remote access solution.
By Tom Greer, 08/01/1998
Domino's Pizza rolls out an NT extranet solution with Lotus Development's Lotus Domino.
By Douglas Toombs, 08/01/1998
Junk email is scary--protect yourself from it with Exchange 5.5.
By Karen Watterson, 08/01/1998
Problems NULL and nullability can present.
By Michael P. Deignan, 08/01/1998
INTRAK's TrendTrak is a program that collects, archives, and graphs statistical data on your server to that you can bettermanage your environment and evaluate furture hardware and ...
By Michael P. Deignan, 08/01/1998
MCSE CBT Self-Study Buyer's Guide reviews a variety of companies and web sites available for the self study road to certification.